অশ্বত্থ
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Bengali
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Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit अश्वत्थ (aśvattha).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]অশ্বত্থ • (ośśottho)
- sacred fig, bo tree, pipal tree, peepul (Ficus religiosa)[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “অশ্বত্থ”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 234
- ^ Beena, Khaleda, et al. (2000) Modern Textbook in Bengali as Foreign Language[2], Göteborg and Dhaka: Bengaliska Magasinet; Rabeya Publishers; Internationella Kojan, →ISBN, page 71
- ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1916) “অশ্বত্থ”, in বাঙ্গলা ভাষার অভিধান (in Bengali), ইণ্ডিয়ান প্রেস & ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্লিশিং হাউস্, page 119